Snowstorm to Aim at Atlantic Canada Into Midweek

By Evan Duffey, Meteorologist

January 27,2015; 9:02PM,EST

 

 

The blizzard pounding the New England region of the United States will continue to impact more of Atlantic Canada through Wednesday, following this past weekend's storm.
Tuesday started with a band of windswept snow swinging through Nova Scotia. The snow will change to a wintry mix or even straight rain in the afternoon.
A similar situation will come to Newfoundland through Tuesday night. Here, an early burst of snow will move across the island before milder air above the surface leads to an icy mixture of sleet and freezing rain which will eventually change to rain.
Impacts will reach Labrador Tuesday night into Wednesday in the form of heavy, dry snow before tapering to snow showers Wednesday night with drier air to follow on Thursday.

While the common denominator between the weekend storm and the early-week storm will be heavy snowfall, there will be a key difference. The weekend storm intensified as it moved towards Atlantic Canada, allowing intense winds typical of strengthening storms for the region.
Blizzardlike conditions occurred over the weekend across much of New Brunswick, eastern Quebec and Labrador, with portions of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland included as well.
The current storm, however, will have reached its strongest off the coast of New England, bringing a blizzard there.
As it pulls north, the storm will weaken, resulting in no widespread damaging wind threat for Newfoundland and Labrador. The strongest winds will instead be farther south across Atlantic Canada.

According to AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, "The strongest winds with this storm will be focused in coastal Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with gusts in the 80- to 90-km/h range."
These winds could cause tree damage and power outages for anyone with above-ground power transmission.
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Following the storm, Thursday will be a chilly but calm period for the region.
Unfortunately for area residents, two more storms will converge on Atlantic Canada Friday and through the weekend.
Meteorologist Eric Leister contributed to this story.